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		<title>The European Water Vole</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-european-water-vole/" title="The European Water Vole" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ewv1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="European water vole" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ewv1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ewv1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ewv1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The European water vole, aka northern water vole or water rat, is an aquatic rodent found throughout Europe and northern Asia. These critters face the threat of <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;predation&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Predators are animals (or an organisms) that kill and feed on another animal. The 1 that is killed to be eaten is called prey.Some examples or predators are: &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;raptors&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;wolves&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;snakes&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;cats&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, and &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;sharks&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/predation/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">predation</a> by the introduced American Mink. They also face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Productive Vole</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-productive-vole/" title="The Productive Vole" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="168" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vole1a-300x168.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="vole" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vole1a-300x168.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vole1a-800x448.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vole1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>With around 155 known species in North America alone, the vole is a common critter that can be found in meadows, savannas, forests, dense grasslands, prairies, swamps, arctic tundra, home gardens, and farmland. They can be found from the Alaskan tundra all the way down to Mexico. These critters play [&#x2026;]</p>
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